Huntsville gazette., 1887-08-13
An infamous attempt was made to wreck

An infamous attempt was made to wreck
an east-bound train on the Chicago, Rhode
Island & Pacific road near Iowa City, Ia
on the morning of the 9Th.
A FARMER named Custy was shot and
mortally wounded on the highway near
Ennis, Ireland, on the 7th. The crime was
OF an agrarian character.
Ex-MAYoR w. W. WHEATON of Detroit,
Mich, was assaulted and terribly beaten
in front of his own house, on the 6th, by
Herbert @. Allen and two other men who
are unknown Allen claims that day or
two previous Wheaton insulted his wife on
the street.
WILLIAM SAMSON and James Heron,
two employees of the CHARTERS Valley
Natural Gas Company, were suffocated by
escaping gas, on the Sth, while repairing
a Irregular" under CHARTERS street, in
Allegheny City, Pa.
SAM Woo, Chinese laundryman in De-
troit, Mich, has brought suit for li5el in
the United States Court against ths sEree
P''ees, claiming Sft,o50 damages. He al
leges that the Free Press falsely stated
that he fought sparrows in his establish
ment.
INTELLIGENCE was received at Lock
AAoVOhy d., Ou Uuc CIu, tudU Olu IlliI
and his wife, named Catby, were murdered
at their home in the mountains south of
that city on the night of the 7th. The
motive is supposed to have been robbery.
LAMBERT BRIEN's oil stores, Robin
sons photograph shop and Gerty's jewelry
establishment, in Grafton street, Dublin,
were destroyed by fire on the Sth. Other
buildings in the neighborhood were dam.
aged The loss is placed at $500,00O.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN was the recipient of a
handsome gold belt, studded with dia-
monds, in the Boston Theater, on the night
Of the Sth. There was a large audience
present, including Mayor Hugh O'Brien
and members of the Common Council.
Councilman Whall made the presentation
in long speech.
THE contract to rebuild the Maumee Roll.
ing Mills at Toledo, o., was let on the Sth
to Pittsburgh parties for $65,000. The new
mills will be constructed Of iron, after the
most approved pattern. The old ma
chinery, valued at several hundred thou
sand dollars, will be used in rebuilding
the mills.
JOHN SHERMAN and other United States
"prominents" arrived at Winnipeg on the
Sth, en- route to Alaska.
FIRE losses in the United States and
Canada for the month of July aggregated
over $14,000,000.
Mr.. BLAINE will probably make trip
through Ireland during the parliamentary
recess, SO as to be open to hospitalities and
courtesies from Home-Rule members dur
ing their leisure.
EUGENE B. SANGER, the American dis
trict messenger, who was arrested in Lon
don on the 9Th while delivering the "High-
est Bidder" souvenirs, was permitted to
complete his mission when its purport be-
came fully known, and Yankee enterprise
was warmly eulogized by the press. Young
Sanger was the lion of the hour.
THE Massachusetts, commissioners on
contagious diseases among domestic ami
mails have declared quarantine against
oxen, cows and cattle from New York
State affected with pleuro-pneumonia.
THE returns issued by the London Board
of Trade show that the imports during the
month of July decreased $490, 900 compared
with July last year, and the exports in
creased f7OO. 900 compared with July, 1886.